Work paying for F and J flights
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I have a technical/sales role in a foreign owned company that produces and sells products mainly to the mining and civil industries. So I get to travel to wonderful places like PBO, TPR, ZNE, KGI, OLP, ISA etc. However on the upside I have also been to AKL, CDG, JFK, DFW, SFO, YVR, BNA and GCC.
Company policy is that all international travel is in J, and as a trip to the US from Perth (on QF) usually works out cheaper on a DONE4, I get to stop and spend some time at other places on the way around.
On domestic company policy is why, however I have it written into my employment contract that interstate travel is in J as PER to anywhere outside WA is a loooooooong flight.
wow! i have no idea on the majority of those airport codes....am looking up now!!!
sounds cool tho
Sorry, I was being lazy
PBO = Paraburdoo, TPR = Tom Price and ZNE = Newman (North West of WA), KGI = Kalgoorlie, OLP = Olympic Dam / Roxby Downs, ISA = Mount Isa. However on the upside I have also been to AKL = Auckland, CDG = Paris, JFK = New York, DFW = Dallas Fortworth, SFO = San Fransisco, YVR = Vancouver, BNA = Nashville and GCC = Gillette Wyoming (Brokeback Mountain country, but dont mention that there, they didn't even show the movie there).
Sometimes we go by the clients' policies though, in which case even the Y travellers (ie: me) get to experience J.
I can only laugh, or is that cry, when reading this type of statement. I did some overseas travel for work a few years back but I no longer work for this company.
Company policy: Y for any flight under 5 hours, J for any flight over 5 hours.
Clients policy: Y for any flight under 5 hours, J for any flight over 5 hours.
Client was not prepared to pay exhorbitant consultancy fees and J travel for the consultants so I got to experience 7 overseas trips in WHY including 3 trips with a client who travelled in J & F to BKK and we both worked and partied around the clock for 7 days.
My company was too stingy to send me in J but also expected me travel in my own time. Yeah right....
All of my work funded travel is in Y. The owners of the company (US based) will only fly (pay for) Y so there is no hope for the rest of us. And yes, one of them is an accountant...
Earned 1,900 SC last membership year this way, although I did have LHR-BCN-LHR in J as there was no Y availability.
I also have a technical / sales role which can involve a flight to the
US and then need to be ready for a full days work on arrival. So this policy stinks a bit.....
My biggest luxury is trying to get away with booking Y class international fares to try and maximise SC earning (and minimise points required for upgrades) - which I have just done for my current trip to China.
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Re: Work paying for F and J flights
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Originally Posted by Febs
Internal Audit seems to be a popular one (I've heard of positions at MacqBank having 75%+ travel, both domestic and int'l).
Working for one of the Big 4 can also have its travel advantages, even as a new grad...though usually not as a graduate accountant.
Our work policy depends entirely on your position Depending on where you sit, you could be flying everywhere in Y, or everywhere in J/F (yes, the policy includes F travel for some ).
Sometimes we go by the clients' policies though, in which case even the Y travellers (ie: me) get to experience J.
Cheers.
Am an Arts/Law student - so I need something more 'arty farty.'
Thinking about management consulting - I used to live on campus at Trinity College, Melbourne Uni and Boston Consulting comes in annually to make a pitch for its final yr scholarships since many of the college alumni work for them. Their presentations are pretty attractive I must say.
Having said that - one of the dudes that came in to speak was involved in setting up Deathstar...
"I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it, unless I'm thirsty." Lily Bollinger on champagne
Most, if not all my travel is paid for bymy employer. Our travel policy is anything under 8 hours is Y and anything over is J. So part of Asia is Y and the other part J.
However, a manager can use discretion and ask you to travel in Y. So our management always uses their 'discretion' when they are paying so we go Y. When another country pays, we just travel as per policy which is J to most destination.
The work I do in my team is slightly different than the work my colleaugues do so most of my travel has been J because someone else pays. Where as many of them only travel to attend a course (mainly in the US) and therefore travel Y.
It's a pity I didn't know about AFF back in 1999-2000. I had 3 trips to the US in J. And then at least one per year until 2004. I could have booked these as DONE4's and probably been QF LG by now... oh well.. live and learn..
In my role, I can travel on Industry fares if I desire.
I prefer the FF points, SC's and security of confirmed bookings; so I try to travel on paid point/SC earning fares. I must keep the costs down to do this so most travel I do is on discount WHY fares; even overseas. I do use upgrades a lot on the longer trips (Since the May '05 changes I am 100% on those Upgrades I have requested.)
However, I am fortunate in that I can get meaningful sleep in WHY on a packed flights if necessary.
I work for a large multi-national, and company policy is J for international and Y for domestic (which I can live with). I travel once a month or so domestically, mainly Mel/Bri/Syd, and international 2 or 3 times a year to Europe or Canada. Which keeps me comfortably WP, and sometimes gets me Partner SG.
..you know too much!!!
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